New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-12
SURPRISING THE CHICAGO BOODLERS.

AT. TIE RECORDS AND PAPERS OF THE COUNTY
BOARD sIEZ, u IN THE SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE.
CHICAGO, March 1.-The campaign against tno
alleged Cook County boodlers was actively begnn TO-
day. Shortly before today the Assistant state
Attorney Nj Jsmpolis, entered the rooms OF the LOOK
County Board with order from Mr.. Grnneii asking
for oil the county records. These included jury liss'
committee reports. files of the proeeedings reduisi-
tons contracts specifications, bids, codunicauons'
maps hooks papers and plans Mr. GriDneiis repre-
sentative emntied the great vault adjoining tue co-
mtce-room OF every th,ag Noa so % y, sias the
wall and the upper vault was gone through inen men
followed the contents OF the desks and tables OF tno
clerks and the con mttees. Clerk STRAIN was one OF
the most surprised in the city, Chairman kiehm
and ex Commissioner Van Pelt were presrht anu
neither knew who the strange gentleman WAS "ncn
Strain jumped 10 his feet owever ana nrriea over 70
the safe and began to drag out and pile up the COM
mttee accounts for 1885 and 1886 the truth dawneu
on them and inquiries began to be made Jampoi,e
explained bis miss on AID then me sa'e S wiS hndlcs
Musty books and papers we're dragged out 10 ou"'''
and not scrap OF paper was allowed 10 escape:
"wherc are those equisitons ior the county hos
pital D. asked Jampolis -,
SYou'ye got all except those which supplies have
not vet been ordered TO the infrmary and asylum
said Strain. 49,, -,
al want every one of them up to date SAID
Jampois
fhe people at the inOrmary will have to go without
food il you take those put in Mr. klehm.
al don't care" VAS the reply; " II the Grand jury
finds that u doesn't want any OF them in this ivesti-
Cation YOU can have them back again
Commis ss0Dcr McClaughry stalked up TO STRAIN anu
in gruif voicc sad Nov Jim, you ar" resi- on-ibie
tor those papers and il they get lost yonVe got 10 ac
count Tor them 10 us as their CUSTODIAN.
"Wcll," re, lied Strain, " rie snbpTra Gala lot
every bid, bill and record in nv possession anu every
one OF them must be given up
Yes" replied tho commissioner, " but you shotiu
have schedule OF them before letting them GO ii Nv
are we To know whether we'll get back the hall oil
thcml"
"They will be scheduled over nj the States AZ
torney's Cfcc when get there" put IN Jampeils'
and the Granl Jury viii be resonsibe ior every one
OF them"
Meanwhile out at the county hospital sini az
scene was being enact d. At o'clock deputy sheriff
and an cNrre,snan sCntcd suhpInas TO no lees than
SIX of the employees n that Institution commanding
their appc cirahce before the Grand Jury and 60 brng
with them every paper IN thor possession nnd CON
nrcted with their Offices tor the last iOnr years de-
scent sas lade about the same tiEc on the Insane
A,ylum where Dcnuty Sheriff Burke was the mater
oi ceremonies lie had . subpoena Tor Warden Narncll,
with like dcmaud Tor the papers and books OF MS
ohce Mr.. Varnrll was missing. IL was rumorcd that
he had gone down town, but nobody could ind INN.
Burke foiled for the present, because |arncl
the combination OF the safe nnd nobody cl-e knows II.
4 close watch will now he kept on the place ana u
Mr. Varnc docs not tdrn ur IN reasonable time
speedy meth of gcttini at the conteht7 ol MS saic
will he adopted. For IVA II is declared that eA-
Comm.> >soner Van Pclt has been cyr witt suspicion
by some his old associates. This II - claim'd, -
because he has been wiIh dome oi MIR. Grinnel
inim,tes. Thi- afternoon the ;rsnd jury examined
Warden Frey. OF the County lnirmary, and several
other employees OF tat institution.